Florida Amendment 3, High Water Recharge Lands Classification Amendment (1988)

Florida Amendment 3
Election date November 8, 1988
Topic Environment and Property
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1988. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing high water recharge land to be classified by law solely on the basis of character or use.

A “no” vote opposed allowing high water recharge land to be classified by law solely on the basis of character or use.

Election results

Florida Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,423,783	67.12%
No		1,187,303	32.88%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

Provides that land producing high water recharge to Florida's aquifers may be classified by general law and assessed solely on the basis of character or use.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1988 Measures

• 1988 Measures
• Environment on the ballot
• Taxes on the ballot
• Property on the ballot
• 1988 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

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External links

• Florida Division of Elections, "Initiatives / Amendments / Revisions Database"